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Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

The introductory clause of a statute explaining the reasons for its enactment.

See 147 Ind. 624, 62 Am. St. Rep. 477, 37 L. R. A. 294, 47 N. E. 19.